DURHAM — Duke’s football team took a week off from games and came out better for it.

“Everything seemed to go in our favor,” defensive tackle Nick Sink said Tuesday, referring to games impacting the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Coastal Division standings. “We have the easiest path. Just win two games and we go to the championship game.”

Coming off consecutive blowout losses, that won’t come without hurdles for the Blue Devils (6-4 overall, 3-3 ACC). But they like the fact that they control their destiny in the division.

“The last few years, it has just been morale victories (at this time of the season),” nose guard Sydney Sarmiento said. “Now we have a chance to do our best. The attitude of (my) teammates is great, all excited. We still have to win.”

That means Saturday at Georgia Tech and then again Nov. 24 against visiting Miami.